U20 Four Nations Tournament (Finland) - Under 20 national team's coach Vladimir Plyuschev just released the list of the 28 players who will be brought to the September four nations tournament scheduled in Finland from September 4th to 6th. The same team will face team Poland on September 10th on a gala match.

National Hockey League (NHL) - The 2009 Russian draft class doesn't look as good as the last one, which produced Nikita Filatov (Columbus Blue Jackets), Evgeny Grachev, Dmitri Kugryshev and Memorial Cup champion Andrei Loktionov (Los Angeles Kings). At the last U18 World Championships, Russia earned a silver medal mostly thanks to the contribution of the 2010s like Kirill Kabanov and Vladimir Tarasenko. But because of Russia's depth, there are some good talents available in two weeks in Montreal, including some overage ones overlooked in the last drafts who somewhat raised their stock recently.

2009 NHL ENTRY DRAFTRank 1: #9 Rank 2: #8 Ranking Comments:Another talented forward, he is a good finisher as well as a strong skater. He needs to get more game practice and ice time, not to speak about his defensive gaps. He is technically sound, but needs to earn some additional experience.

Talent Analysis:

Good sized forward with interesting scorer abilities…good skating and good speed…has a very good scoring touch around the net…good wrist shot and very good finalizing skills…good nose for the chances…interesting size that makes him not easy to knock off the puck…should share the puck more with his linemates, as stats witness…has all the tools to become a gifted goal scorer in the future, but has to get some experience with his KHL main team…

Back In Russia:

NHL Outlook:

Anton Budrasov is a native of Chelyabinsk and a graduated of the famous, productive Traktor hockey School. He has always been a regular for Traktor-91 and Team Russia among the same year of birth. He has scored a lot at all junior levels, now is awaited to do the same playing among men, but he’s yet to play a single shift at the KHL level.